Billy Lane Revisited Part 2

We haven't said much about Billy Lane in quite awhile now so I plan I would share my feelings at this point. As most of you know Billy is headed for trial in February unless it is delayed again or a plea trade is reached. There beyond doubt has been no news in awhile which is not a surprise. In fact, it has given me a opportunity to look at the tragedy without a lot of noise.

Billy Lane Revisited Part 2

Billy Lane Revisited Part 2

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Billy Lane Revisited Part 2

Billy Lane Revisited Part 2

My emotions are in control and I feel smarter and good informed than in the beginning. I have also had the opportunity to talk with a whole of builders who know Billy and I have asked each one of them about the issue. They know Billy good than most anyone so, there opinions carry a lot of weight with me. There are so many who offer an plan like they are family members when in fact, they may have met him once or twice at shows, shared a drink, read about him, or seen him on Tv. They draw conclusions based on very little. They mostly want to hang him or let him go. The emotions run high when it comes to Billy Lane. He was and is a controversial frame who represents distinct things to distinct people. I have yet to meet or speak with anyone who is neutral on the subject. Citizen love Billy Lane or they hate him. This is part of the heritage Billy has built and part of what made him rich and elevated him to rock star status. He was on Tv all the time. He was in magazines, at an huge whole of shows, in newspapers and was for many the face of the industry. He was a hard drinking, anti-establishment, talented, outspoken, in your face kind of guy who loved the spot light and took great risks both with his own life and the lives of others. He was the accepted for the rebellious, tough talking, womanizing biker that so many imagine about. He symbolized the free time seeking, non-conformist, motorcycle guy who many wanted to be.

Remember "Be Like Mike" in the adds for Michael Jordon?" Well, in the motorcycle world it was "Be Like Billy". I think that Billy believed the hype. He felt like an outlaw. He thrived on the adulation, he flaunted the law, he rebelled against authority and he plan he could walk on water. I think the se beliefs are what brought Billy down. If you think about it, it was only a matter of time. As the great Indian Larry said "you can't live life like that. You just can't" When you peel away the hype things come to be more clear. Who is Billy Lane anyhow? Why does he matter to so many? What has he done to stir the emotions of so many? What has he done for society, what about the men and women in the industry? What has Billy's mess done to them?

I am not about to try and by comparison Billy in depth. I don't know enough about what got him where he was but I do know something about what got him to where he is. Billy grew up in Florida. He came from a family that no one seems to talk very much about. He went to college and studied engineering. He didn't go to Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, R.P.I. Or any one of the first tier engineering schools. He did go to school and he got a degree. His older brother Warren is a motorcycle artist and builder but, he is the antithesis of Billy. He is very incommunicable and lives in Miami. He too, is very skilled. Billy got out of school and went to work with/for Warren and then went out on his own. He industrialized motorcycle parts and holds some patents. He felt strong enough to go out on his own and he did. He started with nothing working out of a very small space. The rest is history.

Choppers Inc was born, parts were made and sold, bikes were built and sold but, most importantly a trend began. In the early to mid-nineties the motorcycle business took off. Baby boomers had some money, wanted some freedom, wanted to recapture their youth so, they started to buy motorcycles. The motorcycle is a fastener of freedom, rebellion, independence, and a feeling that is not new. It started a long time ago. The business had its ups and downs. The icon Harley just about went broke and sold out to amf. Yep, a bowling company. Willy G. And a group bought it back and now, it is one of the true success stories of the last 20 years. The business was back and by the mid nineties was a rocket waiting to be launched. The boomers had money and a need. They wanted bigger, better, faster, prettier, eye catching machines. The custom and artificial custom were about to beyond doubt happen. Big Dog began and a great many of today's builders started to build and make serious custom motorcycles. They also began to make serious money.

Billy Lane, Jesse James, and the Teutels caught the big break. The world of the motorcycle came to Tv. There was motorcycle mania, American Chopper and Biker Build-Off. These shows made commonplace Citizen some of whom had prime skills into rock stars. Jesse was well known out in California, the Teutels came from a small town in north New York, and Billy and Larry arguably became the face of Biker Build Off. They were on there more than anyone else. Russell may have caught up, Matt too. I'm not sure. Each of them appeared at least 3 times.

Well, in 2002 the Teutels were in a small shop, Billy was largely unknown, Jesse was well known but only in a cult-ish way and the same for Larry. Arlen Ness had been the most successful, well known name and has been at it since Billy was just a baby. Arlen is still determined the Godfather by most. The Tv changed things and Billy and the rest became famous, rich, and were in a place they could never have imagined. The business was white hot and is just now cooling off some.

Billy Lane is a talented, charismatic, symbolic, smart man who rode the wave. What is important to comprehend is that he didn't found the cure for cancer, he didn't save the world, he didn't change or create an industry, his innovations were relatively minor, he didn't get a Nobel prize, he didn't save the planet, he isn't Henry Ford, He isn't Carol Shelby, He isn't John Delorean, He isn't John F Kennedy. He is a guy who made a few bucks, presented an image, and stirred some emotions. He is not unlike Michael Landon (little house on the prairie), Buffalo Bob Smith (Howdy Doody), Pinky Lee, John Forsythe, Carol O'connor, or many others that caught a wave and rode it. He's just a guy that most won't remember and who beyond doubt is pretty insignificant in the scheme of things.

Having said that Billy Lane is a man who at best was driving with a suspended license and hit and killed a man. At worst he is reckless drunk who plan he could walk on water and despite numerous warnings proceeded to drive a vehicle, cross a double yellow line, drive with a suspended license, and take an innocent life. He has hurt the business and his brothers and sisters. Corporate sponsorships are gone, appearance money is less, and all that I have spoken with say the damage is pretty severe.

Billy Lane should be treated the same as anyone else. If innocent he should be free. If found guilty he should be judged and sentenced just like anyone else. Is Billy Lane a tragic figure? Yes. Is what happened sad? Yes. Is Gerald Morelock gone? Yes. Will history remember? No. It's time for closure and for all of us to move on. I will all the time be in awe of the charisma Billy has as we have had practically 60,000 Citizen read just about Billy since September and the trial has yet to begin.

Billy Lane Revisited Part 2

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How to Find a High Paying Commission Sales Job

Challenges in a Changing Economy

How to Find a High Paying Commission Sales Job

How to Find a High Paying Commission Sales Job

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How to Find a High Paying Commission Sales Job

How to Find a High Paying Commission Sales Job

Times have changed. It is no longer a time where a person can find a respectable employer, work hard for them for the next 40 years, and expect to have a convenient retirement. Even more, for people starting out in entry level sales positions often bounce from firm to company, looking for an revenue that is just not ready anymore in the traditional corporate model.

Changing times means changing strategies, and this is where this description comes in.

How to find a sales job that pays you 0k per year.

1. Take an list of yourself. Do you have the qualities that are essential to earn a six frame revenue in sales? Are you up to date on sales strategies that generate success - or are you just 'taking it as it comes?' victorious salespeople are good at strategic planning. victorious salespeople know what they are going to do before they do it, and they follow through on their plans.

2. generate a lead generation strategy. Cold calling is a thing of the past. Today's victorious sales executives don't cold call, they 'warm call.' They spend the majority of their time meeting whether face to face with qualified, curious prospects, or meeting them in person. I once worked for a firm in Arizona where the top salesperson was making ,000 per month working only 30 hours per week, and that same firm had salespeople earning less than ,000 per month working 50 hours per week. The difference? Warm calling.

3. generate a strategic operation plan. You need to know exactly what you want to perform with your sales career, and exactly how you plan on accomplishing it. You need to know who the decision makers are for your product, what demographics they fall into, how to reach them, and what they are curious in. You need to have a step by step, detailed vision of every stage of your work if you want to be a salesperson making more than 0,000 per year.

4. Be ready for your interview. victorious salespeople can sell themselves. If you walk into an interview, and you are ready for the toughest questions, you are dressed for the part, and you are confident, sales managers will hire you for most positions on the spot. There are countless times that I have interviewed people wanting a sales position that paid them more than 0k, but they weren't even ready for the interview.

5. generate a strategic plan on making sure that you are the person interviewed. Getting a good job as a salesperson is a lot like selling a service. You need to generate a marketing strategy, set appointments, do presentations, and follow up. Think landing a job like you are selling your product, and you'll do well. Plus, the more people you have who want to hire you, the better position you are going to have when it is time to pick the firm that is right for you.

Thoughts on the direction of the world cheaper and how it will work on your sales career:

Like I said before, these are changing times. There are now more students in India in the top 1% of their class who have an Iq of more than 120 than there are total students in North America. Read that again.

It will be very soon before the majority of traditional jobs in America are outsourced to countries that can supply faster, more reliable, better service, better technology, and better resources. The top paid positions in the world are not going to be Tech jobs, accounting, law, medicine, or any of the traditional positions...

...they will be sales, marketing, and distribution jobs.

And even more, we are undergoing a shift away from Corporate America, where clubs are figuring out that it is better business, and a smarter marketing strategy to outsource their work than it is to have traditional W-2 employees.

This leads me to my final point on how to get a sales job that pays you 0,000 per year or more:

Work as an independent contractor, and be the president of your own independent corporation. Work on a commission only, output based payment plan that will pay you for what you produce. Learn the ropes of direct response marketing, relationship selling, and outsourcing.

If you follow those guidelines, you can find a firm where you can make 10 times the profit with the same work and attempt that person will make in a sales job in corporate America. Let me give you an example.

I once worked for a firm that I produced more than ,000 in profit for them every single month. Out of their profit, I was paid approximately ,000 per month.

Now, I work as an independent representative, but I partake in a 68% revenue share. That means that I don't get paid a ration of the profit, I take my revenue out of the gross revenue - and 68% of it is paid to me to escort my business.

I cannot stress how foremost it is if you want to have a long lasting, profitable sales work to work for yourself.

Now, go for it!

How to Find a High Paying Commission Sales Job

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Show And Tell - A Springboard For Math And Science study

Before I started teaching, I imagined Show and Tell would consist of an interested group of young children listening politely to each other and passing items around with care. This assumption fell apart fairly quickly during my first year as a teacher. Although there were times that things ran smoothly, the problems with Show and Tell were many and I found myself avoiding the experience. Even four and five year old children competed about who brought the coolest things. The event became even less enchanting as students wanted to have a turn playing with toys, bored children fidgeted, squirmed and lost interest or upset children disrupted the class routines as they tried to keep their items a secret. Show and Tell often became a weekly advertisement for the newest toy or fast food bistro freebie.

Show And Tell - A Springboard For Math And Science study

Show And Tell - A Springboard For Math And Science study

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Show And Tell - A Springboard For Math And Science study

Show And Tell - A Springboard For Math And Science study

Parents also complained of the stress of trying to remember Show and Tell days, of trying to help their child pick items to show or of dealing with indecisive children who wanted to bring something that would impress their classmates. Other parents took over the task completely, choosing objects and sending them with detailed notes to be read to the class or with instructions that no one was to touch the item nor was it to get broken. There had to be a better way.

In an exertion to make Show and Tell work for the students, for me, and for busy parents, I picked one day a week for the activity and scheduled it as part of my math and science time. Everybody in the class was asked to bring the same item each week. I regularly brought a few extras for the few who forgot. Instead of using show and tell times to give children convention in social speaking, I scheduled different days for them to speak in front of the class about something they had recorded in their math and science journals.

Parents received a letter explaining that the purpose of show and tell would be to enlarge the math, science and literacy programs by building vocabulary and practicing classification and comparative skills. The children were to have the responsibility of choosing the items, but from much narrower criteria.

The rules were: do not bring...
anything valuable, anything that could not be touched by all, or anything that would upset the pupil greatly if it got brokenanything alive, as students often have pet allergies and bugs in bottles are too often neglecteditems too large - ask - can they fit in a brown paper lunch bag? (exceptions here - books, and occasionally other items)toys - as they caused too many problems as mentioned previously

The parents were to remind their son or daughter to pick an item from the list, but not to interfere with their child's choice as long as it fit with the weekly list.

I also sent home a Show and Tell list for the whole year. This had a short note that recommend that the parents post the list on the fridge at their child's eye level, that they encourage the child to cross off each item weekly and to start finding for the next item, and that they remind the child to pack the item in their backpack the night before.

Classroom Show and Tell rules were: students were to bring the items into the class at the starting of the day, label them with name tags (children have printed name tags in their take home boxes; tape is in most centers) and put them on the Show and Tell display table. The children were all the time very excited on Show and Tell mornings and I scheduled some free time for them to look at the items on the table and to tell a few classmates about their items.

Sample Show and Tell list

When creating a each year Show and Tell list, put the date first, then the item to bring, illustrated with a simple drawing and finally a brief article of what the class activity will be. Keep the font large. Here is a sample from my list.

An apple (not for snack) - sorting, classifying and measurementSomething round - math vocabulary such as edges, face, circle, circular, classifying items by a variety of criteria such as size, color, materialA leaf - sorting shapes, colors, counting points, graphing similar types, tracing leaf shapes on papers and creating charts of similar and different leavesSomething shiny - comparison, vocabulary - reflection, reflect, testing (with a flashlight) how each item reflects lightSomething that can be recycled - knowledge of recycling, classifying items, counting, more, fewerAn old greeting card - determination with blocks. How many blocks long is your card? How many one inch squares cover your card? Graphing holiday images A shell - classify and sort by size, color, shape, notice drawingsSomething about Canada (map, flag, book, trinket) - awareness of Canadian symbols, shape of country, shapes of provinces, counting provinces, graphing occurrences of similar symbols

I generally chose objects that complemented monthly themes.

Sample Show and Tell lesson with a Rock

The children place their Show and Tell rocks on the center of the carpet, and then sit down in a circle around them. I start with notice type questions. "What do you notice about the rocks? How are they the same? How are they different?

Let's sort the rocks by size. Which rock looks the largest? Which rock is the smallest? Let's make a long line." Everybody takes a turn placing his or her rock with pupil or educator suggestions to rearrange the rocks when necessary.

"Now let's sort the rocks by darker colors and lighter colors. We can put the darker rocks on this plastic mat and the lighter ones on the other mat and the striped or speckled rocks in the middle." When this activity is closed and depending on the group attention span you can further investigations. Examples, "Are there more dark rocks or more light rocks? Are there fewer dull rocks or fewer shiny ones? Let's sort the rocks by which ones wobble and which ones do not wobble. "

Counting items, graphing, extending math vocabulary or practicing other math concepts are easy to combine into the lesson when there is a large quantity of the same object. Gear the lesson to the attention span of the whole group. Children who want to continue comparing their rocks, for instance with a equilibrium scale, can do so at center time.

Next I model an notice drawing on chart paper. Draw with a label and talk out loud to delineate your thinking. "I noticed that there are more wobbly rocks and fewer rocks that do not wobble. I am going to draw that for my notice drawing. I will draw a line down my paper and put more wobbly rocks on one side and fewer rocks that don't wobble on the other. The rocks are mainly round shapes so I will make circles. I will add dots to some to make them look speckled. I am putting minuscule lines beside the rocks on this side to make them look like they are moving. Now I will color in with crayons so I don't cover up my drawing lines. I will color some light grey and some dark grey. Now I need to print the word, wobbly under my wobbly rocks. What sound do I hear first and what letter do I use? What is the next sound and letter?" Do the same with the words not wobbly. Finish with a drawing of personel rocks. "I am going to draw the rock I brought to show on the other page. It is black and has white stripes." Stamp the drawing with the date stamp.

The children then sit at tables and article one or more of their observations about the lesson in their science and math journals. This is an open-ended activity and results will depend on the developmental level of each child. The children take turns stamping the date on their page.

This recipe worked well for the children, their parents and for me. All the children had an opening to be complicated during each Show and Tell day and reviewing old, or studying new, science, math, and literacy concepts were a part of each Show and Tell experience.

Check out these pages for more information about teaching preschool and kindergarten science with Show and Tell.

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Alaskan Coyotes

Coyotes have a range of fur colors and thickness levels, which vary depending on how cold, or how warm it is where they live. The summer coat looks gray, along with tan on the belly area, muzzle, ears and lower legs. Many coyotes live in or near city areas close to human contact, which sometimes lead to problems for people. Coyotes are usually afraid of humans, however if they need food, they will take their chances and go near a human to find a meal, which will give them courage to face humans all the time. Coyotes can live to 15 years old in the wild and their life span goes to 20 years in captivity.

Alaskan Coyotes

Alaskan Coyotes

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Alaskan Coyotes

Alaskan Coyotes

Coyotes are found in many areas in North America and their people is increased in other areas due to the decreased people in the lower States. Coyotes in Alaska can be found on the Kenai Peninsula. They look like a shepherd-collie dog that is about medium-sized but it has some distinctive features. A coyote has sharp pointed ears, which never droop, a nose that is sharp and pointed and a bushy tail. Its legs are slimmer and its feet are smaller than those of a dog; its whole body weight is 22 to 33 pounds, which is one-third the size of a wolf. All male coyotes are a bit heavier than females and a male coyote's height averages at 2 feet high at the shoulder, with its entire body along with the tail measures about 4 feet long.

When coyotes hunt in the wild, they are opportunistic, so they will eat whatever they find during their hunt. When they hunt prey, they go after deer, birds and small mammals, however they also eat berries when these prey are not around. Once a coyotes finds a large animal, it will use its speed to chase it. Coyotes are similar to foxes, both having great endurance, which helps coyotes to catch prey. Once the prey gets tired from running, the coyote ambushes and eats the animal. Foxes and coyotes have other trait in common; whenever one of these animals catches smaller prey, it waits and pounces to capture the prey using its front feet. Coyotes hunt by themselves, in pairs and in groups; they work together and chase prey using relay techniques for animals that can outrun a single coyote.

Coyotes have to watch out when they are hunting, because other animals hunt them as well. Bald and golden eagles, wolfs, owls and bears prey on coyotes in the wild.

Coyotes are exquisite runners, maybe the best of the canidae family. They can run at speeds similar to a car on the freeway reaching 30 miles per hour and sometimes 40 miles per hour. They are also good swimmers and jumpers and love to play with other coyotes.

Coyotes are smart animals that are found throughout Alaska; they hunt solo and sometimes in groups.

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